The temperature on April 26, 1871 was about 12.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. Source: KNMI
From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
February 17 » The victorious Prussian Army parades through Paris, France, after the end of the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.
March 22 » In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
June 16 » The Universities Tests Act 1871 allows students to enter the universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests (except for those intending to study theology).
July 20 » British Columbia joins the confederation of Canada.
October 8 » The Great Chicago Fire and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire break out.
October 10 » Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts from October 8–10.
Day of death November 17, 1933
The temperature on November 17, 1933 was between 0.3 °C and 4.4 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
March 20 » Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler ordered the creation of Dachau concentration camp as Chief of Police of Munich and appointed Theodor Eicke as the camp commandant.
September 8 » Ghazi bin Faisal became King of Iraq.
October 12 » The military Alcatraz Citadel becomes the civilian Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary.
November 16 » The United States and the Soviet Union establish formal diplomatic relations.
December 5 » The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
December 6 » U.S. federal judge John M. Woolsey rules that James Joyce's novel Ulysses is not obscene.
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